Improvement in vehicle draft



Patented Aug. 22,1876

JOHN L. MUELLER, 0F MILWAUKEE,

PATENT CFFICE.

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND O. H. MEYER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE DRAFT APPLIANCE S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,358, dated August22, 1876;

April 11, 1876.

application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ouNL. MUELLER, of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Wagon Draft Appliances; and I do hereby deby the carriage-tongue isrelieved of the weight 'of the double-tree and draft appliances, and isat liberty to move freely upward and downward without disturbing thenatural line of the draft, which is brought more directly upon theaxle-tree of the carriage; and it consists in a device which isattachedto the under side of the hounds beneath the tongue, and whichconnects the double-tree with the front axle-tree of the carriage.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts. I

B represents the tongue of the carriage, which is attached tothe houndsA with the bolt I. D is a substantial iron bracket, which is securelyattached to the hounds A with bolts 1) b b b. H H are eyebolts, whichare attached "to the bracket D by nuts or burrs d d. E is the draw-bar,to which the evener O of the double-tree is attached by the bolt G andbracket F, in the ordinary manner.' The drawbar E is held in itsposition against the under side of the bracket D by the eyebolts H B,through which the ends of the draw-bar E-pass. The draw-bar E hasamovement backward and forward as the carriage is jostled backward andforward by obstructions, with which the front wheels come in contact, orby sudden starting and stopping-0t the team.

There is a slot, G, in the bracket, through which the bolt G'moves asthe draW-bar-E moves forward and backward. K is a heavy iron rod, whichpasses through a hole in the draw-bar E, or is otherwise securely.attached to it. Each end of the rod K is connected with the axle-tree ofthe wagon M by a series of hooks or links, L L.

It is obvious that with this device the weight of the double-tree doesnot come upon the necks of the horses, as is the case when attached t0the tongue in the ordinary manner,

but is sustained by the bounds; also, that the oscillation of theaxle-tree which occurs when the wheels are passing over a rough road arenot transmitted to the tongue, but simply act upon the drawbar E,causing it to move forward or backward, as above described; also, thatthe draft is brought more directly upon the axle-tree of the Wagon.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the hounds A A, bracket D,and draw-bar E, operating as described, to relieve the tongue from allstrain, as set forth.

2. The combination of the hounds A A, bracket D, draw-bar E, rod K,links L, and axle-tree M, all operating to relieve the tongue fromstrain, as set forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

, J OHN L. MUELLER.

Witnesses: P. H. MEYER,

K. SHAWVAN.

